Gang-raped & tortured, Dalit teen dies after 15-day battle

At 6.55am on Tuesday, the 19-year-old Dalit girl from Hathras who had been allegedly gang-raped by four upper caste men in her village died after a 15-day battle for life. She had been referred to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital from Aligarh’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College a day before that.